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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006
Filed:
Apr. 24, 2003
Applicants:
Michael D. Mundt, Longmont, CO (US);
Anthony P. Sannino, Longmont, CO (US);
Inventors:
Michael D. Mundt, Longmont, CO (US);
Anthony P. Sannino, Longmont, CO (US);
Assignee:
Seagate Technology LLC, Scotts Valley, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G11B 5/60 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A slider includes a slider body having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first side edge, a second side edge and a center line extending between the leading edge and the trailing edge, which define a disc-facing surface having a bearing plane. A protrusion is positioned on the disc-facing surface along the first side edge and has a protrusion surface. The protrusion surface is tilted with respect to the bearing plane about the center line and towards the first side edge.